Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 5th May 2026. Part 6 of 6.
Discussion continues on the PROSTFIT programme for prostate cancer support 
 Pelvic floor muscles act like a hammock supporting bladder and bowel
 Surger...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 5, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 21st April 2026. Part 4 of 6.
Exercise is presented as a proven support in cancer treatment 
 It helps patients cope, recover, and sometimes live longer 
 Programmes run befor...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 21, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 28th April 2026. Part 5 of 6.
Prostate cancer affects about 5,000 New Zealand men each year 
 Many undergo major surgery with significant side effects
 Treatments can reduce testos...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 28, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 3rd March 2026. Part 2 of 2. 
Part 2 of 2. Viv Stanley discusses sharing a home with a long-time friend.
 Living together requires flexibility and maturity.
 People have different ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Feilding
Date:          March 3, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 14th April 2026. Part 3 of 6.
Knee pain is often treated as leading inevitably to knee replacement. 
 X-rays may show damage, but pain does not always match the image. 
 The k...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 14, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 31st March 2026. Part 1 of 6.
Clinical Exercise Physiologists use exercise as medical treatment.
 They are university-trained health professionals.
 They work with people who have chron...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 31, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 24th March 2026. Part 3 of 3.
Morrie explains the wide scope of Environment Network Manawatū’s work.
 Food sovereignty is one focus, but not the only one.
 Circular economy projects pla...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 24, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 24th February 2026. Part 1 of 2. 
Viv Stanley describes jointly owning a large home with a long-time friend in Feilding. The idea developed over many years after retirement di...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Feilding
Date:          February 24, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 17th March 2026. Part 2 of 3.
Morrie describes his role organising networking hui for community food and environmental groups.
 These hui help people share ideas, skills, and practical experien...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 17, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 7th April 2026. Part 2 of 6.
Lucas Dreyer discovered clinical exercise physiology in 1985.
 He began working with patients while still a university student.
 Seeing serious health probl...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 7, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 27th May 2025. Part 1 of 2. Vicki Marie Buchanan, Mike Lawrence, Ann Weir, Dianne McConnell, Stuart Birks.   Anne’s grandfather was an Australasian welter weight boxing champion. She has his boxin...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 27, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 3rd June 2025. Part 2 of 2.   Vicki Marie Buchanan, Mike Lawrence, Ann Weir, Dianne McConnell, Stuart Birks.   A general discussion about: Footwear – high heels, stilettos. Wearing bare ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 3, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 19th August 2025. Part 3 of 3. Emma Vandenberg became well-known in Palmerston North through “Emma’s Place,” a restaurant that evolved from her home while raising her two grandchildren. Initially, she and h...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 19, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 12th August 2025. Part 2 of 3.  Moved from Holland to New Zealand.  She lived in Feilding for 18 months then moved to Masterton to be with her sister and brother in law. Worked at a hotel as a rec...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 12, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 5th August 2025. Part 1 of 3.   Emma came to New Zealand as a registered alien from Holland in February 1960 at age 19. Her sister had been in New Zealand since 1952 and married a Dutchman who cam...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 5, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 29th July 2025. Part 4 of 4.  Ruth’s husband, John, was a professor of agronomy but specialized in grasslands. They travelled to China and South America countries Most of their travelling was through t...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 29, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 22nd July 2025. Part 3 of 4.   Ruth lived in England as a young child during World War II. She lived in Grimsby, a fishing port. Grimsby was bombed a lot because it was on a direct line with Sheff...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 22, 2025

 Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 15th July 2025. Part 2 of 4. Ruth regularly travelled to South America and China with her husband. They visited rural areas of China in connection with grasslands research. Were treated as honoured gu...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 15, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 8th July 2025. Part 1 of 4. Came to Palmerston North from Scotland in 1986.  Her husband, John, became professor of agronomy at Massey University. John’s mother was one of the first women in England to...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 8, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 1st July 2025. Part 4 of 4.  Was at Irirangi, the shore based ship to shore radio station at Waiouru and applied for a petty officer telegraphist course. Endured a bad storm at Waiouru as he and the fa...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 1, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 24th June 2025. Part 3 of 4.  While in the NZ Navy, before Waitangi Day, he was on a small ship in the Bay of Islands which hosted the governor general, Lord Cobham, and his family on fishing trips the...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 24, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 17th June 2025. Part 2 of 4. Was in NZ Navy ship The Royalist during the Suez crisis but was pulled out before the end. Many of the crew were married with family in New Zealand. Travelled through t...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 17, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 10th June 2025. Part 1 of 4.   Sailed on NZ Navy ship The Royalist which went with Royal Navy ships to the Mediterranean. Went to Naples in 1956. Language difficulties between New Zealand...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 10, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 26th August 2025. Part 1 of 3. Steve Tolley recalls his earliest musical memories in Bradford, UK, with little music at home.


After moving to New Zealand, he was captivated by pop music, especially The...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 26, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 2nd September 2025. Part 2 of 3. Steve Tolley and his wife Robyn bonded over books and music, later moving to rural Pohangina. Steve left teaching due to disinterest in planning, despite loving classroom in...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 2, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 9th September 2025. Part 3 of 3. Steve Tolley and his partner ran the Bent Horseshoe Cafe in Tokomaru, hosting live music gigs that attracted international and local talent. The cafe became a renowned venue...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 9, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 16th September 2025. Part 1 of 2. Born in Sydney but lived in a small town about 250km from Sydney then lived in Parkes. Attended secondary school in Sydney. Her brother joined the Royal Australian Navy and...

Creator:      Vicki-Marie Buchanan
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 16, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 23rd September 2025. Part 2 of 2.  Husband Neil had established a veterinary practice in New Zealand. He was awarded a scholarship from the new veterinary faculty at Massey University. They went to Gla...

Creator:      Vicki-Marie Buchanan
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 23, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 30th September 2025.   Mike Lawrence shares photos of Wellington from 1910–1915, showing Oriental Parade with trams, carts, and the tea kiosk.


He recalls living there in 1959 when the kiosk w...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 30, 2025

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 7th October 2025.  Part 1 of 2. Dianne Broadley grew up in the Wairarapa in the 1940s–50s, surrounded by music from her family and community.


Her mother sang, played piano, and attended dances, wh...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 7, 2025